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Add Driver Dialog Box

You can use the Add Driver dialog box to add the MySQL driver in order to connect to the MySQL database via plug-in. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Add Driver dialog box when it cannot find the MySQL driver in the following cases:

• Select OK in the Create Connection to MySQL dialog box.
• Select MySQL and select OK in the New Data Source dialog box.
• In the Catalog Manager, right-click a data source and select New JDBC Connection from the shortcut menu, then select MySQL in the Select Connection Type dialog box and select OK.

Designer displays these options:

Add

Select to specify the MySQL driver JAR file on your local disk.

OK

Select to load the specified driver into the MySQL connection plug-in and open the Connect to MySQL dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

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